[Avodah] Rav Breuer' Position on Chalav Yisroel

[Micha Berger]

On Tue, Jan 23, 2018 at 01:24:36PM -0500, Prof. Levine wrote:
: Someone on an email list claimed that Rav Breuer held that drinking Chalav
: Yisroel was a "good Chumra" and permitted the drinking of ordinary milk by
: members of KAJ.
...
: In response:
:> R. Breuer held that it was halacha to drink Cholov Yisroel - not a
:> 'chumra.'
: 
:> If one could not get cholov Yisroel - if on a trip, or it was not available
:> in one's neighborhood, then one could rely on R. Moshe Feinstein's
:> permitting non-cholov (stam).

I think this snippet of the response is internally inconsistent.

One doesn't have to drink milk, especially for a duration as short as a
trip. So this isn't like a heter for a she'as hadechaq. If RYB really
held that CY was iqar hadin, how could he allow violating that din for
a trip?

As I said, his shitah was apparently that CY was a chumerah. Albeit one
very worth keeping. Which has not stopped being consistent with this now
thrice-cited story:

:> I think you know that one of the first acts R. Breuer did for Kashrus was to
:> arrange for kosher milk for the members of his Kehilla...

Tir'u baTov!
-Micha

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